Audrey Stuart, Liza Tungangui, Blake Slattengren Background According to the Wilderness Act of 1964, wilderness is described as “A place untrammeled by man; where man is a visitor who does not remain”. Although this term is widely misused, interpreted into many different ways, applied to many different spaces, and is a generally abstract idea, this […]
Wilderness Survey Lab
Audrey Stuart, Liza Tugangui, Blake Slattengren Introduction The notion of “wilderness” holds vastly different meanings for different people as shaped by our cultural influences. In recent years the concept of wilderness has been criticized by various environmentalists for lacking any scientific basis. For example, in the days of the American frontier the term used to […]
Social Network Lab
Liza Tugangui, Audrey Stuart, Blake Slattengren Background Social networks provide a myriad of information about a population of people. Social network analysis allows us to study the connections between people and ideas, of which we can then draw theories about the reasons behind these connections. In this lab, we collected data from the ENVS 220 […]
Environmental Literature Lab
Audrey Stuart, Liza Tugangui, Blake Slattengren Background With the massive amounts of environmental literature being published that analyze the condition of the world today, there is a lot said about global conditions and local, more situated conditions. Many of the ideas portrayed in this literature situated environmental issues in the terms of the common expression, […]
Environmental Justice GIS Lab
by Audrey Stuart, Liza Tugangui, Blake Slattengren Background This lab used arcGIS mapping features to examine issues of environmental injustice within the city of Portland. GIS is an easy way to look at trends across city blocks to understand how various factors may be related to environmental health. The ultimate goal of our analysis was […]
Spatial Data Lab
by Audrey Stuart, Liza Tugangui, Blake Slattengren Spatial Data Lab
Inferential Statistics Lab Report
Lab Team: Audrey Stuart, Liza Tugangui, Blake Slattengren Background In this lab, we focused on the use of inferential statistics to find patterns between different sets of international data found on the UNEP Environmental Data Explorer. Inferential statistics is a way of comparing and testing different sets of sample data from different variables to see […]
RVNA Microclimate Lab Report
Lab Team: Liza Tugangui, Audrey Stuart, Blake Slattengren Background A basic concept in Environmental Studies describes that the biotic and abiotic aspects in an environment are incredibly dependent on each other. In this lab, we wanted to focus on the aspects of a microclimate in Riverview Natural Area. According to Lawrence Mendonca of Stony Brook […]